Air India has strengthened flight connectivity between Mangaluru and Mumbai by starting a second daily flight from 10th June. The development comes after IndiGo added its third daily flight on the Mumbai-Mangaluru route on May 22.
Both the airlines now offer a total of five daily flights on this popular route. In 2022, the Mumbai-Mangaluru route emerged as the busiest, serving around 4.90 lakh passengers.
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Air India flight (1679) departs from Mumbai at 12.40 pm and reaches Mangaluru at 2.10 pm. The return leg, AI (1680), departs from Mangaluru at 2.50 pm and reaches Mumbai at 4.35 pm.
The inaugural flight of the service welcomed 182 passengers on AI (1679), while 167 passengers departed for Mumbai on AI (1680). Another Air India flight AI (679) leaves Mumbai at 5.45 am and reaches here at 7.20 am. In the return journey, flight AI (680) departs from Mangaluru at 7.55 am and reaches Mumbai at 9.35 am.
IndiGo has indicated that it will continue to operate its third daily flight to Mumbai till the end of the current summer airline schedule, which ends on October 28.
Initially planned till June 15, the low-cost carrier has extended the flight availability for ticket booking till July 31. As a result, MIA’s passenger count (both domestic and international) is currently hovering around 5,000, the release said.